Essays Tagged: "Echo"

Echo and Narcissus

Echo & NarcissusThe tale of Echo and Narcissus is a fascinating story. I understood the whole st ... of the parts in the story that I did not appreciate is why the story focuses on Narcissus more then Echo? Another part I really couldn't comprehend is why did the nymphs always go for Narcissus, even ... rsonality was like that toward nymphs? Other then that, it was an interesting myth to read. Echo and Narcissus was a tale of love and suffering. Echo was a beautiful nymph. She had a love for ...

(2 pages) 35 2 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Greek Mythology: Naricissus relevancy to today. vanity

ld according to The Mythology Guide, and this is how it goes:Narcissus was cruel not in the case of Echo alone. He shunned all the rest of the nymphs as he had done poor Echo. One day a maiden, who ha ... hat by degrees he lost his color, his vigor, and the beauty which formerly had so charmed the nymph Echo. She kept near him, however, and when he exclaimed, "Alas! Alas!" she answered him with the sam ...

(8 pages) 45 1 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology